World international relations have always been imbued with constant dynamics and the need for continuous competition of strong actors. Throughout known history, powerful forces have projected their own strength and power into near and far territories. Chessboards, or should we say, the areas and territories in which they sought to achieve their dominance, were usually the ruins of once powerful empires or new and yet unexplored or remote areas inhabited by technologically inferior peoples. The arrival of Europeans in Africa was conditioned by the need for resources that were meant to be the driving force of the industrial revolutions in these developed countries, a source of cheap labor as well as finding new markets for their products. In this context, the purpose of this paper and/or thesis is not to present and historically review the areas conquered by certain European colonizing states, but to show the deep traces in the mental state and social context they left on the population of Africa, as a direct consequence of their centuries-old presence. The extraordinary wealth of oil and mineral resources and raw materials that Africa has at its disposal, is presented as although not the only, but still the dominant reason for the intensive engagement and influence of external forces. The paper also presents the motives and operational activities of geopolitical forces, without entering into the specific policies and intentions of individual states present in Africa (except China in the case study) to continue control of African political processes, both by former colonizers and new actors in the global stages. At the same time, possible advantages are being considered, such as the accelerated technological development that could be brought to African countries by the fact that the most powerful and technologically dominant world superpowers have been competing in their territory for more than a century.